Week #2 NBA Power Rankings...

by steeler-hater on Nov 7, 2009 1:46 AM CST

I was interested to see how much love the Rockets were gonna get for their good start and...

... here's what I found out:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/powerRankings

Fox ranks Houston at #10!

While ESPN ranks them at #17:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking

Of course, ESPN's rankings came out when the Rockets had only 2 wins. Fox's came out after their 3rd win.

Being 4-2 and only 1 game back in the West should elevate their ranking on both Fox & ESPN...

Poll

Which power ranking do you think is more accurate, Fox's or ESPN's?

ESPN's ranking of Houston at #17 is accurate.

5 votes

Fox's ranking of Houston at #10 is accurate

53 votes

Neither is accurate.

37 votes

95 votes | Poll has closed

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For those who don’t think either #10 or #17 is accurate,

where do you rank the Rockets right now?

I had to stop arguing with drunks, Steeler fans, and all other fools.
It was making my brick wall jealous...

by steeler-hater on Nov 7, 2009 8:04 AM CST reply actions

13

I think the Rockets have played very, very, well. But I also think that their competition in the ~10 range has played very poorly. I expect both to level out a little bit. So I put the Rockets at about 13. Behind Boston/LAL/Orlando/Phoenix/Denver/Portland/Washington/ATL/San Antonio/Cleveland/Dallas/Miami

I also expect F-U-tah to move Boozer and resolve their chemistry/defense issues, but until that happens and they make a run, screw them.

by Moondebah on Nov 7, 2009 9:44 AM CST reply actions

washington???

by vikesfan4lyf on Nov 7, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions

look at fox's rankings...

they rank based on record first…
we probably arnt better than portland.. and we rank ahead of the bulls as well…
utah also could be better than us.. once they sort through the x100000 problems they have

i know we beat them but that doesnt mean we are consistently better than them…or will continue to be

by AlDe2356 on Nov 7, 2009 10:29 AM CST reply actions

it's not based on record

lakers were 2-1 and #3, cavs were 2-2 and #6, suns and heat were 3-0 and #s 8 and 9

by lawlruschang on Nov 8, 2009 3:19 PM CST up reply actions

ur right

my bad…

by AlDe2356 on Nov 8, 2009 8:32 PM CST up reply actions

you’re all wrong – rankings are based upon how teams have played so far in the season, not your subjective determinations of how good they are

by lawlruschang on Nov 8, 2009 3:16 PM CST reply actions

I'm willing to bet

that based on the fact that these are done by humans, that there is a little bias in them as well. Otherwise a 2-2 Cavs team wouldn’t have been ranked about the undefeated heat and suns

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by UofTOrange on Nov 9, 2009 7:15 AM CST up reply actions